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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-21 13:56:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-09-21 13:56:49 +0200 |
| commit | cf84fd96323633be7d437e1de4505fc82ff2c11a (patch) | |
| tree | 094b7a7421945c9ea244f3605378065935f1c100 /mm/backing-dev.c | |
| parent | 31915ab4cbf507aadab40847cf9989da5e88b090 (diff) | |
| parent | b30a3f6257ed2105259b404d419b4964e363928c (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc5' into sched/core
Merge reason: Pick up the latest fixes in -rc5.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index eaa4a5bbe06..c2bf86f470e 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) switch (action) { case FORK_THREAD: __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); - task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, "flush-%s", - dev_name(bdi->dev)); + task = kthread_create(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, + "flush-%s", dev_name(bdi->dev)); if (IS_ERR(task)) { /* * If thread creation fails, force writeout of @@ -457,10 +457,13 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) /* * The spinlock makes sure we do not lose * wake-ups when racing with 'bdi_queue_work()'. + * And as soon as the bdi thread is visible, we + * can start it. */ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); bdi->wb.task = task; spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); + wake_up_process(task); } break; |